From A Giant's Shoulder

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Here's one of my favorite shots from last week's hike.  (See other views here and here.).  This is sunrise from one of the cliffs on Giant's Nubble, an outcropping on the south side of Giant Mountain, one of the Adirondack High Peaks.  The pond is called Giant's Washbowl, hidden from the valley below, because it sits atop high, vertical cliffs.  It contains a rare native "heritage" strain of brook trout called the Windfall Pond strain. Not many anglers are willing to climb up a mile of boulder fields to fish there, so it is fairly safe from introduced baitfish and stocked non-native trout that often destroy native fish populations.

Canon 5D3; Canon 24-105 mm.
4 vertical images stitched in PSCC